What We Are Looking For
The Embedded Systems Engineering Manager oversees the Software and FPGA Engineering disciplines, ensuring organisational alignment and the delivery of high‑quality technical outcomes across all business lines. The position maintains an active involvement in technical design, with a primary focus on driving functional excellence and the long‑term development of the Software and FPGA teams. Working with the Engineering Manager, the Embedded Systems Engineering Manager is responsible for the strategic development of the Software and FPGA Engineering functions and ensuring optimal team resourcing to meet business objectives. The Embedded Systems Engineering Manager serves as the process owner, ensuring the engineering governance framework is established, maintained, and consistently applied. The role involves direct line management of a team of engineers of varying seniority and skill level.
Responsibilities & Tasks
* Manage, lead, mentor and inspire a team of highly skilled Engineers.
* Responsible for engineering processes, ensuring functional excellence by establishing and maintaining procedural frameworks that govern all engineering activities within the department.
* Conduct performance reviews, support professional development, and foster a collaborative, high‑performance team culture.
* Responsible for the allocation of resources within the team to ensure business objectives are met.
* Responsible for ensuring HR policies and procedures are adhered to by the team.
Technical Leadership
* Provide technical direction and oversight for all development, verification, and validation activities.
* Lead the team in breaking down complex requirements, capturing scope, generating estimates and identifying dependencies.
* Drive the adoption of best practices, advanced methodologies and state‑of‑the‑art Software and FPGA technologies and tools.
* Champion adherence to established processes and procedures governing software, FPGA, and digital design and development.
* Contribute to technology roadmap planning.
Qualifications
Essential
* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
* At least 10 years of experience in either Software or FPGA Design and Development.
* Proven experience in leading engineering teams, ideally within a Software or FPGA context.
* Proven experience of mentoring and developing colleagues and subordinates.
* Adept at deconstructing complex problems into structured, manageable work packages to achieve clear objectives.
* Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, and problem‑solving skills.
Highly Desirable
* Knowledge of C and C++ programming languages.
* Knowledge of FPGA design and verification using VHDL and/or Verilog.
* Experience with System‑on‑Chip (SoC) devices (e.g., Zynq UltraScale+) and embedded processing cores.
* Familiarity with Video protocol and data format, such as MIPI and SDI.
* Experience of designing to safety integrity levels.
* Experience of development within the Lifecycle defined in
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